It’s hard to believe that in four, short months there will be this much colour, light and warmth about…
The notion of ‘summer’ seems like sensory greed; a marvellous prize for enduring the mean winter. I know I will squander it when it arrives but now we are (almost) into March it feels close enough to almost touch…
I saw my Mum yesterday and meant to get her to sign my note excusing me from blogging lately – basically my ‘big’ computer has been poorly to the extent that I couldn’t edit my RAW files (and I couldn’t bring myself to shoot in JPG).
Everything is better now though (marrying your Network Administrator helps) and I thought I’d better prove that I do still know how to use my camera (see pic below) – this place needs some photos!
I’m taking you to quite an exotic location now – my back garden. Let’s have a little look at what’s out here; oh yes, some curly wurly willow – I bought this as it reminded me of my hair. I like things that remind me of other things.
These twigs will one day be a leafy and lovey Japanese Acer. Do you spell ‘acer’ like that, like the computer brand? Hang on…. [google]… yes, you do. (Proving I am more geek than gardener).
Now, here’s a treat for you – an upturned bucket that has collected rainwater and dead leaves. Some people might call it messy, I call it ‘improvised bird bath’.
I am really looking forward to this particular plant blossoming and fruiting, it’s a blueberry bush! Last year was quite a battle between me and the blackbirds who loved them too – I tried netting my precious little berries but the bastard birds had the upper hand as they were able to poo out blue plops in protest. I’m working on a new plan, I can’t tell you though as they might be read my blog *wink*.
That blurry figure in the photo above is the aforementioned ‘Network Administrator’ (I call him Admin for short). He’s seen me photographing the upturned bucket and is rolling his eyes and saying I’m a ‘big help’. Well yes, I think I am!
I see light, not dark. The light last weekend was magical – like welcoming back a long lost friend and I see it when I close my eyes.
Today is the last day of the longest and hardest month of the year. I always, always find January a slog and for whatever reason it seems an even harder wade through treacle this year than usual; it’s felt like 31 days of Monday mornings when you’ve had no sleep and it’s dark and freeeeezing ALL THE TIME. Rubbish. No offence January but don’t hurry back!
February though has many more positive aspects and I am feeling decidedly chipper at its offerings. The best one is that on 2nd Feb it is Imbloc / Candlemas / St Brigid’s Day – call it what you will, what it means is that we are equidistant between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox so from here on in we are closer to Spring than Winter. Yes! If I were a Druid (or suchlike) I would be getting out the robes and the insense and probably doing something to virgins and/or saplings. I will settle for, perhaps a scented candle and a big thumbs up to the calendar who is my friend again.
You can tell there’s a change in the air, just look at these words flowing from my fingers for one. I also managed to drag myself from the house with a camera, the soul purpose to find some colour and life; some hope. I found lots – of course I did, nature is AWESOME.
Snowdrops – a sign from nature not to give up. Just when you think that winter is here forever and you’ll never be warm again here’s a sign that life, fertility, beauty is just around the corner, just hang on in there.
The little nubby buds that cap the ends of a million twiggy branches are beginning to swell and make trees glow with potential life.
And look at these; catkins! Like little lambs tails (if the lambs were the same colour as a yellow highlighter pen)…
Everything is better when the sun is shining and the sky is blue.
Sent to you via actionsnap app for my phone…
